Christine AERFELDT,Avalanche knitter (2008)(Oil on linen canvas, 200x150cm)
Christine Aerfeldt is an Australian artist. This painting is part of a series depicting women engaged in activities traditionally thought of as “feminine”, series in which the artist revisits, with a contemporary vision, historic Dutch paintings representing women at work. Next week, we’ll present you with the second part of the trilogy.
Translation by Anna MURATORE.
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As promised, here it is: free download of step-by-step instructions of my very first design, the "Irene" scarf.Even though I’ve carefully read once again the instructions, there is still a chance for error. So if you notice anything wrong or anything missing, let me know by sending me a message: click on “contactez l’auteur”, under my avatar, in the left column.
I hope you’ll enjoy this creation, and wish you long and pleasurable hours of knitting.
Translation by Anna MURATORE.

PROBLEM.Mélusine’s
belt.
Mélusine
wants
to make a belt in French knitting to go with her Tweedine wool
mini-dress. 1. Given that Mélusine should make two
balls of wool measuring 125m end to end into French knitting,
calculate the total number of metres to be made into French knitting.
2.
Given that the belt is made up of five equal parts each measuring
3.6m, calculate the total length of cord to be made into French
knitting.
3.
Given that Mélusine makes a French knitting cord measuring
8.4cm in 5 minutes, calculate the... [Lire la suite]

After
a few day’s rest awarded to my needles due to the flu that
viciously hit their knitter and after an intensive unravelling
session of a poor ball of Tweedine wool that the cat had gotten hold
of, I enthusiastically took up my knitting once again with the firm
intention of finishing it as soon as possible (I’m fed up of jersey
stitch!). I therefore finished the front of the dress, did the two
sleeves, started the collar and the French knitting cord that will be
used to make the belt...
Merci à Lynne Gradzki... [Lire la suite]

The
last time I spoke to you about my little Tweedine wool dress,
I had just started it (here).
I started off well and, above all, was really motivated to finish it
as soon as possible because I planned to make my boyfriend a jumper
with the same wool as my (future) dress.
But,
in the meantime...
there was “Irene”,
my creation for la
Nonna.
And as I’ve only got two hands, I had to put the creation of my
mini-dress on hold.
The
"Irene"
coordinates are finished, I’ve swapped my 5.5 needles for 3s... [Lire la suite]

Four
days ago, I wrote to you about my little short-sleeved jumper:
"There are only the sleeves left to do which shouldn’t take
too long. Well at least if I don’t start the mini-dress in Tweedine
wool by Bergère de France beforehand of course... which,
knowing me, is not impossible!"
Not impossible at all and even more than possible since I could not
resist, I did it... I knitted a ball and here’s what it looks like
at the moment.
Merci à Lynne Gradzki pour son aide à la traduction.

A
knitting project finished, a knitting project rediscovered. When
taking stock of my balls of wool, I came across an old piece of
knitting that I didn’t even remember having started... I must say,
if my memory serves me right, that I must have started
the first rows of this short-sleeved jumper when I was still at
university (that is about 7 years ago)... And I must have put it to
one side because I was at university and I couldn’t study and knit
at the same time (no, not even a knitting fan like me could do that).
There are... [Lire la suite]

My
first steps in knitting were fairly unusual.
I lived with my grandmother and she knitted a lot. When I had
finished my homework, we used to sit around the table, Grandma with
her knitting, Grandad with his newspaper and me in front of the
telly. And during the adverts, I used to watch my Grandma’s
know-how. Then one day I picked up two sticks of Mikado (the game,
not the biscuits !!!), started to cast on without asking anyone’s
help and interrupted my grandmother in the middle of a row by asking:
“Gran, are these real... [Lire la suite]

I still don't know what.
I still don't know how. I just know that it will be a summer creation.
I just know that it will be created with this
one :
And he seems to approve me :
Merci à Stéphanie pour son aide à la traduction.

Hello to visitors of my humble blog.If you are here, it's probably because you like knitting too.As for me, I got into it when I was little. With a Mum and two
Grannies who knit, it would have been difficult not to. When I was a
child, my Mum used to say to me that the wool of all the jumpers,
dresses, scarves, gloves and blankets amongst many others, that she had
made would easily stretch all the way round the world... I don't know
whether this is true or not, but if I'm telling you this little story,
it's so that you... [Lire la suite]